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Weekend Releases: January 23

January 23, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

1. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Sony/ Screen Gems, 2,942 Theaters, 93 Minutes, Rated R): It’s not often that you have an actor with two films hitting wide release in the same day. It’s even [click for more]

New Releases: August 1

July 31, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rated PG-13): I don’t know about this one. There’s a new director, a new setting, and Rachel Weisz is replaced by Maria Bello. And It’s a third [click for more]

New Releases: July 25

July 24, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Step-Brothers (3,094 Theaters, 95 Minutes, Rated R): Will Ferrell excels at one thing–playing an overgrown man child. And now he has the perfect venue for it. He stars with John C. Reilly as a [click for more]

New Releases: July 17

July 17, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Dark Knight (4,366 Theaters, 142 Minutes, Rated PG-13): The accidental death of Heath Ledger has cast a pall over this movie for me. It has put me in the same mind set I [click for more]

New Releases: July 11

July 10, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army: (2,950+ Theaters, 110 Minutes, Rated PG-13): The summer of comic book movies continues, as we get another Hellboy movie. I happened to like the first Hellboy flick. But then [click for more]

New Releases: July 2

July 1, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Hancock (3,900 Theaters, 92 Minutes, Rated PG-13): So powerful is the combination of Will Smith and Fourth of July weekend that when the two come together, every other studio stays away. Yes, Kit Kittredge: [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

June 26, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1.Wall*E (3,992 Theaters, 103 Minutes, Rated G): It’s going to be a tough weekend for movies in the Gatevackes household. While we each want to see both of the movies opening this weekend, my wife [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

June 19, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Get Smart (3,911 Theaters, 110 Minutes, Rated PG-13): Sometimes, Hollywood just mystifies me. The summer movie season is four months long, yet two of the biggest comedies of the season are opening on the [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

June 12, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Incredible Hulk (3,505 Screens, 114 Minutes, Rated PG-13): As we all know, certain writers for entertainment weekly magazines think this movie is rather superfluous. After all, 2003’s Hulk was directed by Ang Lee, [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

June 5, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Kung Fu Panda (4,114 Theaters, 88 Minutes, Rated PG): Dreamworks has been the Rolling Stones to the Pixar’s Beatles. Even though they have been making computer animated kiddie flicks for well over seven years [click for more]